Archive for category: allergies

6 Easy Steps to Prevent Bathroom Mold

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February 21, 2015

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6 Easy Steps to Prevent Bathroom Mold

6 Easy Steps to Prevent Bathroom Mold The bathroom is arguably the room within your home that harbors the highest moisture levels and provides the most nutrient rich environment for mold growth.  Just keeping the bathroom clean is chore enough on its own.  But, is simply keeping it tidy enough […]

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8 Reasons to Have Your Indoor Air Quality Tested

8 Reasons to Have Your Indoor Air Quality Tested

The air we breathe is vital to our existence, but a variety of different pollutants may be present, both indoors and out, that can impact our health, safety and comfort. Studies are showing that we are spending more and more time indoors, while we often don’t even consider what might be […]

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Dampness, Dust Mites and Mold

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November 12, 2010

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Dampness, Dust Mites and Mold

When travelling this week, I was reading the latest Indoor Air journal and there were two interesting articles that both studied the relationship between mold and dust mites. The first article was titled, A comparison of the allergic responses induced by Penicillium chrysogenum and house dust mite extracts in a mouse model _1.  Lab mice […]

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Increased mold levels coming?

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September 1, 2010

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Increased mold levels coming?

Can increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have an effect on mold spore levels? A new study suggests that increased CO2 will, in fact, lead to a greater number of mold spores outdoors with a resulting effect on allergies. As CO2 levels rise, can we expect to see more allergies to mold? The article […]

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